Bynum’s walk-off ends long affair

With professional baseball rookie Dan Hennigan on deck, the Long Island Ducks opted to pitch the best hitter in the Patriots’ lineup.

They paid for it.

Freddie Bynum delivered a walk-off RBI double with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning as the Patriots defeated the Ducks 3-2 at TD Bank Ballpark. The ball sailed over the head of right fielder Kraig Binnick and one-hopped the right-center field fence to make a winner of closer Josh Rupe, who tossed four scoreless innings.

It looked like it might be a long night for Patriots’ starter Doug Arguello as he gave up three hits in the first inning. But Dan DeGeorge threw out a runner at home plate to limit the damage to one run and Arguello settled down, allowing one more run in the fourth.

The left-hander scattered six hits, two walks and two strikeouts over seven innings.

The Patriots grabbed a 2-1 lead in the third when Jonny Tucker delivered a two-run single with the bases loaded off of Randy Keisler. The former Yankee allowed just those two runs on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts in eight innings.

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